Canada reportedly foils Iranian plot to kill former justice minister Irwin Cotler

[shockedcanadian]

Is this going to be the future of nation-states and how they treat Western citizens?

First India and now Iran? I can't confirm the accuracy of the details, but this isn't good.

Canada reportedly foils Iranian plot to kill former justice minister Irwin Cotler

Tehran alleged to have targeted retired politician, 84, who is also human rights activist and critic of Iran

www.theguardian.com

Canadian authorities foiled an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate a former justice minister and rights activist who has been a strong critic of Tehran, the Globe and Mail newspaper has reported.

Irwin Cotler, 84, was justice minister and attorney general from 2003 to 2006. He retired from politics in 2015.


According to the Globe and Mail, he was informed last month that he faced an imminent threat – within 48 hours – of assassination from Iranian agents.

Authorities tracked two suspects in the plot, the paper said, citing unnamed sources.

“We cannot comment on, nor confirm specific RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) operations due to security reasons,” a spokesperson for Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc told AFP.

Jean-Yves Duclos, the government’s senior minister in Quebec province, where Cotler lives, commented that it was likely “very difficult for (Cotler), in particular, and his family and friends to hear” about the alleged plot.

 

[protectionist]

They need to squeeze as much info out of those guys as they can. Find out who's behind it.

 

[shockedcanadian]

They need to squeeze as much info out of those guys as they can. Find out who's behind it.

It is Iran.according to the report. If you mean specifically who their handlers or contacts were, I'm sure the FBI have better information though nation states often use many layers of separation between themselves and the people they hire. Even spy agencies when they recruit a foreign asset will present themselves as a friendly nation to improve recruitment and to remain in the shadows. It's a complicated, cruel world we live in.